Objectives:
- Understand the importance of legal citations in legal research and analysis.
- Identify the different types of legal citations: case, statutory, and regulatory.
- Learn how to read and interpret legal citations.
Age Level: Late secondary school
National Standards:
Complies with NBEA Business Law 2023 Standard I.1 Analyze the relationship between ethics and the law and describe the law’s sources, the structure of the court system, different classifications of procedural law, and different classifications of substantive law:
- I.1.B.17 Discuss how to read case, statutory, and regulatory citations
Materials:
- Handout on legal citations
- Computer with Internet access for students to explore Additional Resources
- Understand the importance of legal citations in legal research and analysis.
- Identify the different types of legal citations: case, statutory, and regulatory.
- Learn how to read and interpret legal citations.
Age Level: Late secondary school
National Standards:
Complies with NBEA Business Law 2023 Standard I.1 Analyze the relationship between ethics and the law and describe the law’s sources, the structure of the court system, different classifications of procedural law, and different classifications of substantive law:
- I.1.B.17 Discuss how to read case, statutory, and regulatory citations
Materials:
- Handout on legal citations
- Computer with Internet access for students to explore Additional Resources
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